@shelterforce.bsky.social, I wrote about a #MA state initiative to restore rent control after 32 years; 124,000 have signed petitions for a Nov. vote. Hear from campaign leaders such as @vidaurbana.bsky.social and read more about state rent control history at: shelterforce.org/2026/06/05/c...
@shelterforce.bsky.social Frank Woodruff of Community Opportunity Alliance & Jeremy Carter of NALCAB note that community groups should act by the end of June to get considered for inclusion in their states' lists; the next window won't be until 2036. Read more at: shelterforce.org/2026/05/22/o...
Last fall, the Center for
@nextsystemstudies.bsky.social helped organize teach-ins across the world to ask "If the current economic system is not working, what will?" On 4/24, noon ET, participants reflect on experiences and share future plans. Register for free at: nextsystem.org/next-system-...
Is #publicbanking an idea whose time has come? For @shelterforce.bsky.social I spoke w/the CEO of @bankofnorthdakota.bsky.social & folks at @neweconomyproject.bsky.social, @publicbankla.bsky.social (CA), and in OH, MA, NM & @publicbanksnow.bsky.social. Read more at: shelterforce.org/2026/04/15/h...
My latest Solidarity Corner article @shelterforce.bsky.social shows how #cohousing can be affordable, in part by partnering with #cooperatives and land trusts. As advocate Laurie Frank explains, co-housing helps residents share resources: "It’s a way of life." See: shelterforce.org/2026/03/20/c...
On 4/16 at 1p ET @shelterforce.bsky.social join George McCarthy @landpolicy.bsky.social Sara Morgan of Fahe, Tony Pickett @groundedsolutions.bsky.social & myself to learn how the feds can use Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac to partner with #cdfis & #clts, support rural housing & more. tinyurl.com/ytf4actv
@npquarterly.bsky.social today, Deyenira del Rio @neweconomyproject.bsky.social and Debra Ack of #EastNewYorkCLT write about the growth of #communitylandtrusts in New York City "from just two 12 years ago ... to more than 20" and how it was done. Read more at: nonprofitquarterly.org/a-community-...
@shelterforce.bsky.social, Timi Koyejo of @cplusc.bsky.social writes on how New York City's #publichousing authority is using its #anchor procurement power "to speed up green retrofits, improve residents’ quality of life, and lower costs." Read more at: shelterforce.org/2026/05/26/w...
Today @shelterforce.bsky.social my monthly "Solidarity Corner" column launches to share stories about the #solidarityeconomy and show how "people seek to develop more just housing and community economic development systems ... [and build] thriving communities. See: shelterforce.org/2026/02/26/w...
@npquarterly.bsky.social this morning, we published an article on the strike being led by @sbworkersunited.org. Workers are seeking a first contract. In 2024, Starbuck's CEO took home $95.8 million, more than 6,000 times the median worker wage. Read more at:
nonprofitquarterly.org/from-buffalo...
NYCHA's installation of tens of thousands of green appliances shows how large-scale procurement could help lower the cost of green upgrades.
Cohousing offers a vision of lower-cost, community-centered living, but communities in the US face barriers that drive up costs.
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Join us as we discuss affordable housing and how two leading government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who help sustain the national housing market, can better support affordable h...
A four-year worker campaign to get union contracts at over 550 Starbucks stores heats up, as workers walk out of 65 stores with the message that they want a first contract now.
